After waking up

In the palace of Digao, the imperial capital, Nishelir sat on a chair in the office, stretched her body, and then put the report in her hand on the table.

"I have read the report. It seems that we do not pay enough attention to the Life Cult. However, they have withdrawn from the borders of Dilga and Goldspear. It is no longer suitable for us to continue to conduct in-depth investigations except to keep our attention."

Nishelir sat upright.

"The empire is currently catching up in industry everywhere, and the economy in many places is not stable. The Kingspea War and the Maritime Convention are flexing muscles, but we are actually still weak."

Mulan understood the queen's meaning and did not want to start a war.

"But Your Majesty, this is related to the possible fourth sacred object after all."

Nishelir smiled.

"If the time is right, we naturally cannot miss the opportunity to obtain the Book of Dawn, but now there are more places that need the empire's manpower and material resources."

"Mulan, I know that you blame yourself for the loss of the Book of Dawn, and think that your research led to such a result, but in history, people have paid a lot of money to understand the power of the three holy objects. , you have done enough."

"His Majesty."

He looked at Nice Helier, who was looking at him carefully, stood up from his seat, and walked out of the desk.

Nice Helier was very tall. Wearing high heels, her eye level was only slightly lower than Mulan's. She walked up to Mulan and looked at Mulan's face up close.

Although this made Mulan a little embarrassed, dodging was a great impoliteness to the Queen. He could only bow slightly and lower his head, so that he did not have any demeanor to look down on the Queen.

However, Nice Helier obviously did not consider courtier etiquette at this moment. She just looked at Mulan's eyes seriously. Although Mulan did not dare to look at the queen for a long time, she could see that there was no desire in her eyes and her eyes were very clear. .

"Mu Lan, how long has it been since you had a good rest?"

Have a good rest?

Mulan was slightly stunned. Maybe it was the last time he went home? But Shadow Demon had been teaching the Silent Knight at that time, so when had he ever had a good rest?

Seeing Mulan lost in thought in a daze, Nice Helier's chest rose and fell slightly, feeling a little distressed, but seeing Mulan from this angle was even more heart-warming, especially from the position of the Queen of the Empire.

"Back to Your Majesty, maybe it was the last time I went back to Valentine."

After thinking about it, Mulan still chose this answer, and then said with a hint of unintentional emotion.

"Speaking of which, Grandpa Buck also hopes that I can do it during the New Year"

At this point, Mulan seemed to suddenly realize something and quickly stopped talking.

Nice Helier was smiling. She hoped that Mulan could relax more in front of her and show his heart more. It was good like just now. Her expression was not majestic, but very gentle.

"Go home and take a rest. Go back to your real home in Valentine. I heard that the old butler's pastry skills are very outstanding."

"Your Majesty, if you don't mind"

Mulan hesitated for a moment and then said it.

"Next time, I'll bring some of Grandpa Buck's cookies. It may inevitably be overnight, but it's still very sweet."

"You can't go back on your word. If you don't take it, you will be disrespectful to your Majesty the Queen!"

Nishelir smiled brightly and joked, then turned and returned to her seat.

"But Your Majesty, the investigation team should be formed soon. At this time, I shouldn't be in the Black Castle."

Nice Helier looked relaxed.

"Maybe it would be better if you weren't around. Rather than professors coming forward, students' spontaneous defense is more convincing."

Nice Helier bent down, reached out to take off the high heels under her skirt, then lifted her legs up and put them on the chair very comfortably. She hugged her knees with her hands before raising her head to look at Mulan, who had a serious and untroubled expression.

However, Grando, who had been standing aside, was always paying attention to Mulan. Today she was wearing a monocle and looked very intellectual.

Grando could clearly see Mulan's micro-expression that seemed to be trying not to watch the queen's movements, which looked very funny.

"I hope that the power of the empire can be united. I hope to get more support instead of becoming a monarch who is completely feared. Otherwise, after my death, will my children be able to cope with the backlash in the future?"

"Your Majesty is so outstanding, the future crown prince will definitely inherit your Majesty's wisdom! And your Majesty is still so young, there is no need to think too much about future generations."

You still have to be flattered, but Mulan himself feels extremely awkward. In the royal family, it is very important to give birth to an heir as soon as possible.

Nishelir laughed out loud.

"Of course I want my children to have the best genes, but I also have to consider practical issues, like me and my brothers."

Mulan and Grando couldn't help but think at the same time, the gap was indeed obvious.

"Coercion will always bring about resistance, but interests are eternal. As long as you grasp a certain degree, it will be a longer-term relationship."

Good guy, Mulan finally understands that Ness Helier hopes to facilitate this investigation by the Noble Council, and is even willing to share part of the Black Castle's benefits.

Her Majesty the Queen has figured out this trick of combining Du Bishu and Enwei.

Moreover, Her Majesty the Queen has very good emotional control. Even Mulan cannot see through her mood many times.

'Is she really only in her early twenties? ’

Maybe this is the so-called genius. At least Mulan is very confident in his abilities, but sitting in the same position as Nicehelir, he is not sure that he can be as good as her.

"Is there anything else you want?"

Nishelir suddenly asked, making Mulan slightly stunned.

"If your Majesty has no other instructions, then I will resign!"

"Well, I'll call you if something happens."

As soon as Mulan left, Nice Helier couldn't hold herself any longer and immediately squatted on the chair and looked at Grandor on the side.

"how is it going?"

Grando made a scissor gesture, then took off his glasses and handed them to Nicehelir, who immediately put them on his right eye.

"Hahaha"

Even Mulan didn't expect that the eyes Grando was wearing today were a precious alchemical treasure, the work of a master alchemist more than a hundred years ago. There are only three known pairs in existence.

In addition to functioning as normal glasses, the prop also has the ability to extract the wearer's own short-term memory, making it easier to wake up or simply show it to others.

The shortcomings are also obvious. It cannot be developed into photos, and it can only record images. And like human memory, glasses will fade and "forget" images over time.

"Glendor, can you give me these glasses?"

Grandor immediately became nervous.

"Your Majesty, this is an heirloom of our family. I personally want to give it to Your Majesty, but this goes against the ancestral teachings. Your Majesty, please don't make it difficult for me."

"Okay, just kidding, can you lend me your money for a day?"

"That's no problem."

Grandor breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time she was a little happy. Compared to the Queen, she could always use these glasses to see her memories, which was much more intuitive.

After Mulan left the palace, he only briefly returned to the Black Castle. There were very few students wandering around the Black Castle at night. The Black Castle at night was not safe for ordinary students, and there was a danger of points being deducted.

Mulan wrote on the notice board in the main teaching building that there would still be no classes for him for at least half a month. Then he went back to his residence to make some preparations, and then went to Sabastina's place before leaving.

What Sabastina got was a few words of advice from Mulan and a relatively complete sketch of a very large ancient magic pattern, which made Sabastina very excited. Although the core part was obviously covered, but the Look, it is the product of Quinas civilization.

Sabastina is knowledgeable and self-aware. She knows how to show her value. The next day she announced the recruitment of outstanding students to participate in one of her advanced research projects, with extremely generous rewards.

A super large magic pattern array like this must be simplified and every path must be calculated clearly, otherwise the cost of trial and error will be too high, and the outstanding students of Black Castle are the best help.

In fact, the outstanding students in the Black Castle are outstanding in all aspects. They may not be true extraordinary people, but some academic achievements are definitely beyond those of many traditional extraordinary people, especially the more obscure runes. And the directions of magic patterns and magic arrays.

After getting off the train from Digao to Valentine, Mullan's first destination was not to go home, but to a familiar church, which was the small church that Ivan once presided over.

Now there are new priests here. When Mulan came, it was already past the prayer time, so there were not many people.

A young priest was there carefully wiping every seat, and when he looked up, he realized that someone had come in.

"This believer in the Holy Light, is there anything I can do to help you?"

Mulan took off his hat and put it on his chest.

"Dear Mr. Priest, I'm just a little tired and want to take a rest here."

"The chairs over there have been cleaned. You can sit or lie down for a while."

The priest obviously did not recognize Mulan and pointed to a chair on one side. When Mulan walked over, he continued the cleaning work.

Mulan sat down on the chair and looked up at the statue of Holy Light in front of him.

Do the upper echelons of the church really have no idea what they believe in? I'm afraid not necessarily.

The meaning of the term "god" is given by humans or intelligent life. Worshiping a being that is difficult to understand and deeply feared as "god" is nothing more than people's wishful thinking.

Mulan lowered his gaze and looked at the young priest who was as meticulous as Ivan before.

They don't care at all whether you are pious or not, or even whether you exist.

Mulan slowly closed his eyes, recalling the events of this world, and then recalling bits and pieces of the previous world.

The so-called divinity is actually given by people. Mulan prefers some myths from his motherland in his previous life, because many gods were originally transformed from humans.

‘So, let’s do something that only God can do. ’